People of Note: Jazz at Lincoln Center Opens their 28th Season in the Bronx
*Bassist Carlos Henriquez will be returning to the Bronx on Saturday, September 12th at 8:00 pm as part of Jazz at …
The Socialist’s Journal: Kim Davis
*What does religious freedom mean? This is the central question that has determined how the country evolved on the issue …
(Min. Paul Scott) Why Black Minds Matter: Readin’, Writin’ and Revolution
“What do you mean when you say I’m rebellious/Cause I don’t accept everything you’re tellin’ us?” – from You …
The Film Strip: New York Comic Con Tickets Going Fast
*Yes, it’s that time time and folks are readying themselves for the biggest party of the year, New York Comic Con. Last …
The Pulse of Entertainment: Karen Clark Sheard is ‘Destined to Win’; New Album Debuts at #2
*“I think it was inspired,” said four-time Grammy winner Karen Clark Sheard (The Clark Sisters) about her newest …
The Truth About Coffee and the Diabetes Risk
*More and more studies are linking coffee drinking to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A recent study from …
Let’s Get Direct! Fail to Win!
Sometimes you have to release what weighs you down to fly. Likewise, sometimes you have to fail to win. It sounds like …
Inside Broadway: A Conversation with Broadway Veteran Chapman Roberts – Black Stars of the Great White Way (Part I)
*During a recent performance of the Black Stars of the Great White Way at the National Black Theatre Festival in …
NBPC Joins Thirteen Supporting PBS Broadcast of ‘Althea’
* New York —The Harlem-based National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) has made a grant in support of …
Robertson Treatment Syndicated Column (RTSC): Ving Rhames Speaks!
*Ving Rhames (pictured) was born and raised in Harlem, New York. His career as a thespian career began at the New York …
The Socialist’s Journal: Topless in Times Square
*Over the past week or two tourists in New York City’s Times Square have been treated to something beyond the regular …
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Katrina’s Message on America’s Poor Still Unheard
*There was a very fleeting moment in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina debacle, August 29, 2005, that the message …
Russell Poole is an American Hero
*Today as I sit and reflect on the events of the last couple of days I get a chance to put it all in perspective without …
The Pulse of Entertainment: ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ is a Powerful Leap from Video Game to Big Screen
*Rupert Friend (“Homeland”) is Agent 47 in the 20th Century Fox presentation of Hitman: Agent 47. The American-German …
‘Hitman: Agent 47’s’ Rupert Friend Could Go to Jail
*Yes, the deadliest man alive, “Agent 47,” has jokes. At a press conference in New York City for “Hitman: Agent 47,” a …
